| Final 17.10h | time | | 1. Yobes Ondieki | KEN | 13:14.45 | | 2. Fita Bayissa | ETH | 13:16.64 | | 3. Brahim Boutayeb | MAR | 13:22.70 | | 4. Dieter Baumann | GER | 13:28.67 | | 5. Domingos Castro | POR | 13:28.88 | | 6. Khalid Skah | MAR | 13:32.90 | | 7. Risto Ulmala | FIN | 13:33.46 | | 8. Dionisio Castro | POR | 13:35.39 | | 9. Robert Denmark | GBR | 13:36.24 | | 10.Ibrahim Kinuthia | KEN | 13:38.96 | | 11.Abel Anton | ESP | 13:39.00 | | 12.Bob Kennedy | USA | 13:54.47 | | 13.Gary Staines | GBR | 13:58.26 | | 14.Doug Padilla | USA | 14:36.18 | | -. Stefano Mei | ITA | DNF |
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| Round | H | Athl. | date | | Heats | 3 | 45 | 30.08 |
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| Heat 1 | time | | 1. Ibrahim Kinuthia | KEN | 13:57.65 | | 2. Khalid Skah | MAR | 13:58.45 | | 3. Gary Staines | GBR | 13:58.68 | | 4. Doug Padilla | USA | 13:58.83 | | 5. Andrew Sambu | TAN | 13:59.01 | | 6. Marti ten Kate | NED | 13:59.51 | | 7. Mikhail Dasko | URS | 13:59.71 | | 8. Antonio Serrano | ESP | 13:59.75 | | 9. Zeki Ozturk | TUR | 14:06.20 | | 10. Jonny Danielson | SWE | 14:07.03 | | 11. Valdenor Dos Santos | BRA | 14:35.00 | | 12. Tsuluunbaatar Ariunsaikhan | MGL | 15:26.62 | | -. Mauricio Gonzalez | MEX | DNF | | -. Dieudonne Lamothe | HAI | DNF | | -. Prakash Davendra Singh | FIJ | DNS |
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| Heat 2 | time | | 1. Brahim Boutayeb | MAR | 13:53.75 | | 2. Dieter Baumann | GER | 13:54.07 | | 3. Stefano Mei | ITA | 13:54.35 | | 4. Dionisio Castro | POR | 13:54.39 | | 5. Ondoro Osoro | KEN | 13:54.41 | | 6. Ian Hamer | GBR | 13:54.49 | | 7. Slawomir Majusiak | POL | 13:57.98 | | 8. Reuben Reina | USA | 13:59.19 | | 9. Martin Fiz | ESP | 13:59.52 | | 10.John Halvorsen | NOR | 14:14.85 | | 11.Katsuhito Kumagai | JPN | 14:20.84 | | 12.Gerard De Gaetano | MLT | 15:31.08 | | -. Addis Abebe | ETH | DNS | | -. Daouda Kassougue | MTN | DNS | | -. Lucas Eningo Elonga | GEQ | DNS |
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| Heat 3 | time | | 1. Fita Bayissa | ETH | 13:41.59 | | 2. Robert Denmark | GBR | 13:46.25 | | 3. Yobes Ondieki | KEN | 13:47.05 | | 4. Domingos Castro | POR | 13:47.61 | | 5. Risto Ulmala | FIN | 13:48.86 | | 6. Bob Kennedy | USA | 13:53.56 | | 7. Abel Anton | ESP | 13:53.60 | | 8. Mohamed Issangar | MAR | 13:55.49 | | 9. Andrew Lloyd | AUS | 13:59.71 | | 10.Frank O'Mara | IRL | 14:03.19 | | 11.Kerry Rodger | NZL | 14:03.81 | | 12.Yahia Azaidj | ALG | 14:43.49 | | 13.Souley Oumarou | NIG | 14:52.89 | | 14.Obva Elengha | CGO | 15:37.13 | | 15.Charbi Abi Tayeh | LIB | 16:13.21 |
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